4-5 news: Oklahoma growers win $7.3 million lawsuit against Tyson
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson says it will appeal, reports the Associated Press.
The growers claimed Tyson pressured them into borrowing heavily to build new chicken houses but paid less than the growers needed to break even. Tyson employs 1,100 people in McCurtain County and said 225 contract growers raise birds for its plant in Broken Bow. Tyson is spending $29 million to upgrade that facility.